starting in the nineteenth century and leading into the twentieth century a large number of immigrants travelled from Lebanon to brasil, which led lebanese communities to form mainly across the states of São paulo, rio de janeiro, bahia and rio grande do sul - nowadays approximately 7 - 10 million Brazilians have Lebanese descent.

in 1920 Brazil opened its consulate in beirut while diplomatic ties with the newly established independent country of Lebanon were formalized in 1945, only two years after independence - A few years later, the brazilian embassy in Beirut opened in 1954, simultaneous to the opening of the lebanese embassy in brasília.